As gas continues to go up, the POTUS continues to preach an "all of the above" energy plan and bashes Republicans for trying to stir Americans with their promises of cheap gas.

Obama's Republican smackdown took place at Prince George's Community College in Largo, MD. While he didn't name anyone, the POTUS went after his competitors, stating that if this was back in the days of Columbus, Republicans would be a part of the "flat earth society."

He continues his verbal beating by asking "why not $2.40, or $2.10" as "some" GOP'ers have promised 2.50.

Republicans tried to offer a rebuttal with Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, as if this would be a magical cure.

But we won't mention how the pipeline would take YEARS to build, cost TONS of cash, and will hurt the environment.

Seriously, we aren't mentioning that.

The President concluded that drilling for oil isn't the only way to go, stating that alternative fuel sources need to be combined with drilling.

Won't anyone listen to the POTUS?! We NEED solar and bio-fueled energy!

Does anyone really think that the party that began two unnecessary wars for oil by hiding them behind 9/11 wouldn't stoop so low as to lie about why prices are as they are and wouldn't make false promises? There's no doubt Iraq and Afghanistan were started for private interests. There was never any evidence that Al Qaeda had ties to either country, and where's the WMD that Hussein was hiding? This oil price problem began with Bush, but Republicans don't tell you that.

Ironically, the gas prices are so astronomically high because of inflation and because of TAXES. NY has the most expensive gas cost out of any state right now (currently over $4/gal), and that's because literally half of the cost of it is TAXES. If you cross over into NJ or PA or another surrounding state, all of a sudden there is a drop in $0.40-$0.60 cents a gallon! Keep talking Obama, you sound like a fucking moron!

Horrible President, thank goodness this criminal will be gone in January. He can take Eric Holder and babbling Biden with him. And NO I am not a Republican, just an Eye's Wide Open American with a degree in Political Science.

Perez, quit throwing Obama rhetoric at us. Common sense will prevail! Our country is rich with NATURAL energy (oil, coal natural gas). He said no to Keystone. We import from our enemies. Don't tell me it's because he's trying to save the world, because the United States and the Middle East are both on the same world. Obama quote from 2008 "I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment. The fact that this is such a shock to American pocketbooks is not a good thing." What the hell, he doesn't care that prices go up, just wanted it more gradual so nobody would notice! So until they start pumping his stupid algae idea at the local gas station (let alone an engine designed to process it! lol), we need a president, that understands what America needs right now, jobs, real and available energy, a rising GDP, and did I say JOBS! Let Obama mouth off all he wants common sense and empty wallets will prevail!

Please when will this so called POtUS ever stand up and take the hit for SOMETHING! Do you know his Secretary OF Energy, Steven Chew, said he thinks our gas prices should be more like European prices $9.00 a gallon, and they lost his balls last week before Congress said no I changed my feeling about gas prices they are to high. And for those that do not think the pipeline will take TOO long to build and to Expensive, well tell me how Long and How Expensive green projects will take to build and the cost? Well I'm sure our great great grandchildren might see them come on line,..if we are lucky. The man is do determined to make the poor and middle class dependent on the government for EVERYTHING..we are in DEEP SHIT if he is re-elected. Pres stick to stories about Zac Efron droppinghis rubbers on the red carpet and CHanning Tatum going skinny dipping with other MEN

Riiight. Drilling for more oil, access to more oil, won't help the gas prices at all…Which is why Obama has agreed to tap the US's emergency oil supply in order to attempt lower gas prices before the election. Makes so much sense. About as much sense as Obama's support for oh so successful alternative energy companies like Solyndra (Lost 500+ million of the countries money)… Google it. Get educated. Seriously. Jeez.

There is literally more oil under US soil than there is in any part of the Middle East. The problem is Obama is not allowing anyone to drill. Yes, we would all like clean energy eventually, but its a process and it takes time. So in the meantime why not reopen the Gulf to drilling, with the new safety measures, and let them drill in the Bakken in North Dakota. This would reduce our gas prices and stop our dependency on foreign oil completely. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

OIl prices are manipulated. TransCanada would be footing the Keystone bill while providing American jobs. How does one big pipe 'hurt the environment?' Have you SEEN the existing map of all the pipelines that currently and already run back and forth across that aquifer??? It looks like a crayon drawing by a 4 year old with lots of crayons. TransCanada is willing to MOVE it somewhere else. The solar companys have turned into a public funded boondoggle that looks more like some buddy scam at this point. Google Solyndra and some others.

There is so much oil under the US than we will even know what to do with if we just drill. To fix gas prices, we should start creating more pipelines in desolate places - like Alaska, ND - and simultaneously think of alternate ways to run our houses and cars. But we can't abruptly stop the use of oil with no good, sold backup plan. If we want cheap gas, we should just tap a small amount into the huge reserves we have. The problem will start to diminish almost immediately. Fuck the middle east, we don't want their oil and their problems anyway. We have enough of our own. Drill.

This is B S gas prices would start going down as soon as the project gets started. Opec would sh*t themselves… plus the u.s has higher environmental standards than China who will buy that canada pipeline in a flash. Not to mention all the jobs that would be created and just in that simulate the economy and make people feel better. Plus clean energy so far is also unsustainable since it's so expensive. One thing is for sure, if we have oil here in the us or canada… why the hell are we importing, and sending MONEY that could be used in this economy, from a country that literally HATES us. That makes no sense. I'm so sick of all the bull that comes out of Obama's mouth. Also I can't believe that it takes just a couple of big words for Americans to be like "wow he's so smart" and sh*t, no actually he's just bsing you.

stop blaming the president and blame the companies themselves they continuously claim record profits and yet prices keep rising. they are greedy and just want to make as much money as possible and don't care about the american people. everyone is always so quick to blame the president for everything and even if we get a new president this election it won't stop people will just blame that president for everything.

Shane Redway -- a Canadian rapper and close friend of Drake's -- was killed early Saturday morning in a car crash. He was just 26 years old.

Redway and two others were killed when their car lost control, struck a guardrail and burst into flames. The crash occurred around 4am outside Pearson International Airport in Toronto. It's unclear who was behind the wheel. Police are investigating the crash.

Drake took to Instagram to remember Redway, posting two different tributes.